Originally Posted by CX500T

I wish it was only $150 to fill my truck. 48 gallon tank,so 40 gallon normal fill. At current diesel prices it's more than that.
Following historical price is from EIA.gov
1/7/2019 $3.01a gallon (and was as low as $2.20 in summer/fall, but winter drives diesel prices up seasonally)
Today, BP three doors down from me, which is usually the cheapest or within 2-3 cents.
$5.78 a gallon.
Based on a 40 gallon fill up, that's $231.20 to fill. Was $120.4 at 3ish a gallon.

Thats damn near 100% increase.

Food, is also well above inflation.

The official inflation numbers don't include food or energy, but for joe average, they are the largest variable part of their budget. My property tax just got a significant uptick this year, over 10% and the city said that fuel for city vehicles (Fire, Police, DPW, School Buses) was the single biggest driver in it.